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These GCHQ-developed open-source tools are powerful for data processing, security analysis, and scalable data management. While they are not all “OSINT” tools, they can be valuable to support investigation work and demonstrate GCHQ’s incredible contributions to the open-source community in the UK and globally.
🌐 GCHQ Open Source Tools
🔹 CyberChef
A web-based data manipulation tool supporting encoding, encryption, decryption, and analysis. Useful for forensic investigations and security research.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/enQhcgu
🔹 Stroom
A scalable platform for ingesting, transforming, indexing, and analyzing high-volume data like system logs.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/gwKrg8hG
🔹 Gaffer
A graph database framework designed for storing, querying, and analyzing large, complex graphs with rich properties.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/gbC-esHH
🔹 Palisade
A framework for enforcing complex data access policies while ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple datasets and platforms.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/gSjPR7WB
🔹 Bailo
A machine learning lifecycle tool that enables scalable, compliant, and collaborative model management.
🔗 https://lnkd.in/gQJZvQhp
Practice Verified Commands and Codes
1. CyberChef Command Example
- Use CyberChef to decode Base64:
echo "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh" | base64 --decode
- Output: `Hello World!`
2. Stroom Command Example
- Ingest logs into Stroom using cURL:
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"log":"sample log data"}' http://stroom-server/api/ingest
3. Gaffer Command Example
- Query a graph using Gaffer’s REST API:
[bash]
curl -X POST -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{“query”:”MATCH (
References:
initially reported by: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/osintuk_cyber-cyber-osint-activity-7302054645395296259-xxms – Hackers Feeds
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